So about 2 months ago I Bought a 97 GT liftback. It is my 3rd Toyota(hence the username) I have a 93 Corolla that I have recently had a bunch of paint and body work done to a 96 Corolla and now my 97 GT

So far my plans are to beef it up a little bit. Mostly by just unclogging it


what I've done so far:
KYB GR-2 all the way around
Slotted and drilled rotors
Ceramic Pads
New Valve Cover gasket (painted black while I had it off cleaning
New oil pan Gasket
Thorough cleaning of the engine and bay( still not quite satisfied will most likely make another pass)
Weapon R Dragon series SRI
Functional Sharkfin Antenna conversion
Reverse Glow Gauges (Black Face)
7th Gen short throw with a black suede blue stitch boot
17" Enkei Performance GW8 wheels
Twin piston calipers from a 94 camryV6

Future plans Include:
High Flow cat
High Flow cat delete/resonator
Dual exhaust
Will probably use a set of aftermarket side mirrors with LED turns built in
Projectors in lows and highs with Amber led strips for turns inside the housings. Going to go through the retrofit source for the projectors
Pakfiefer skirts and rear
Most likely an invader style front bumper






This post has been edited by toyota123: Nov 7, 2013 - 1:58 PM

damn clean!

Thanks used engine block enamel on the valve covered think I'm going to pull the heat shield and do the same to it. I'd you look at the pic closely you.can see the spots on the head that I missed and that half of the ac compressor got cleaned. Going in for the detail work soon

Recently upgraded my door panels. Found a totaled vert in the local yard. Door cards were trashed but I was able to salvage the 4" speakers and grills

Great progress so far! Looks like a good clean car too. Any pics of the Corollas?

The 96 is my alternative driver and is absolutely hideous.. the 93 is my wifes and a beauty I'd be happy to shoe it off. I've.put a lot of work into it. Maybe tomorrow ill add some.pics of the lexirolla as we call it

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This post has been edited by toyota123: Aug 8, 2013 - 7:02 PM

Been away for a while but this is what's been going on

Then I got my insurance check came in and here is where it sits today. Little bit of touch up, new calipers from a 94 camryV6 and under coating still to come

I was never much a fan of matte black paint jobs, but I have to say that car looks sleek. Nice work + progress so far, man.

Ty
It's been a lot of hard work just can't wait till next week when I can get current stuff done. Then it's back to extras and upgrades

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Do all convertible celica models have the extra 4" speaker in the door panel?

*edit* Answer - Some celica's came with an optional 8 speaker stereo set up. I will be looking for a pair of these door panels.

This post has been edited by Overkill: Aug 9, 2013 - 1:31 AM

Close up of the new wheels repainted the caps. The wiper arms will match shortly along with the calipers

Looking good.
I've always wanted a matte black job, but it's so much PITA to keep clean I just dropped the idea.

Painted and installed twin piston calipers of a 94 CamryV6 also painted the rears as well as undercoating on the bottom and the inside of the wheel wells with kevlar reinforced truck bed liner

Front


Rear

Just a little update
Got the axle seal fixed, alignment done and a new set of rubber up front because somehow I managed to drive all the tread of them in less than 3k miles... Been back on the ground now for about a week and I have to say if anyone is thinking about break upgrades go for it. I used 94 camryV6 twins and they work great and bolt right up to our brackets. Performance isn't as noticeable as on my hope for until you get into hard breaking, which I don't do much, but for less than 50 bucks for the pair at my local junk yard I would have to say it's most definitely worth it.

Well it happened again. This time I lost a fight with a tractor trailer

Ouch!

I take it you're safe and sound? I hope so. Will you be scrapping it or are there plans to repair it?

Yeah I'm OK surprisingly I was a little sore for a couple days but that was all. Cop wrote the accident report wrong and I got a ticket for failure to yield. U have to get all that and the wait on insurance to tell me what if anything the will pay out. Then it's off to a frame and body shop were I have someone who says he can fix it if I can pay for it. With not having been able to find d a suitable replacement it's either going to be fixed or I will part it out and unfortunately move on to a different car

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Jeeeez, glad you're okay - that's the most important thing, always - but that sucks big time. Poor thing was looking so fine, it would be a shame to have to part it out/scrap it now. Hopefully it can be fixed, it would be nice to see it back in good shape. I know I'd be devastated if my car got slammed like that; I hope everything works out for you, man.

Thanks for the concern and support.
I'll keep you guys posted as I figure out what's going to happen to/with it

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Depending on how your front end is.. there is a guy selling a celica in Pa or 1K but texted me the other day if i would buy it for 600 which was my original offer. if you want his number, let me know. glad your okay!

I think I may have found a suitable replacement. I appreciate you looking out. You guys are great
If anyone come across any leads on a good 99 GT liftback that is 5 speed and black I might be interested